Amazon Fire Fired, Alexa Hired

It's a rare week in the world of Android where we don't talk THAT much about phones and yet still have a ton of new hardware devices to discuss. Instead this week Jason Howell, Huyen Tue Dao and Ron Richards wrestle with the newness of the Googlebook still and ponder Amazon's Android decisions and celebrate potential new Google TV Streaming devices and yet another fitness tracker.

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00:07:19 - NEWS

• Sales keep dropping and yet we haven't hit bottom yet as Smartphone shipments drop another 20%
• Indie developer teams Smart Launcher and Kustom Industries have joined forces to create Wild Pixels
• PATRON PICK: Hey, we DID discuss a phone! The Oppo Find X10 Pro Max!

00:29:26 - HARDWARE

• More people are spending more time with their Googlebooks and the criticisms are starting to come out
• Amazon unveils a new line of tablets called Alexa Tablets! And they're not called Fire Tablets and they run Android!
• Details are beginning to emerge on the next gen Google TV Streamer and they're pretty interesting!
• The Google Fitbit Edge is finally formally announced by Google and well, it's a fitness tracker.

01:05:44 - APPS 'n SOFTWARE 'n STUFF

• The Google Play Store is making moves around discovery of Games and making big changes to the Car experience
• Nothing OS 5.0 brings Android 17 in the Nothing flavor to Nothing phones.
• Wait no longer! Pixel 10s and Pixel 10As finally get LineageOS support

01:16:52 - COMMUNITY FEEDBACK

• Jared points out that Shannon was right last week about the big three mobile carriers motivations in bringing coverage to uncovered areas
• Robert from Alaska writes in to commiserate with Zip from last week about the Assistant to Gemini transition
• Tharanga from Melbourne, Australia sends in a detailed review of his Pixel 11 Pro Fold

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